Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Activities for CH3OH‐to‐HCHO Conversion on Fe2O3/MoO3: Fe‐O‐Mo Covalency Dominates the Intrinsic Activity

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 60; no. 17; pp. 9546 - 9552
• Main Authors: Huang, Sheng, Ouyang, Ting, Zheng, Bang‐Feng, Dan, Meng, Liu, Zhao‐Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 19.04.2021
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Alcohol; Alcohols; Catalytic converters; CH3OH-to-HCHO conversion; Charge transfer; Conversion; Cryogenic temperature; Electric fields; Fe-O-Mo; Ferric oxide; Free energy; heterojunction; Heterojunctions; Iron; Molybdenum oxides; Molybdenum trioxide; PEC; Photoelectric effect; Photoelectric emission; Selectivity

The catalytic conversion of alcohols under mild conditions is a great challenge because it is constrained by low selectivity and low activity. Herein, we demonstrate a hollow nanotube Fe2O3/MoO3 heterojunction (FeMo‐2) for the photoelectrocatalytic conversion of small‐molecule alcohols. Experimental...